The Taliban's edict that only a woman's eyes should be visible is a major blow to the rights of women in Afghanistan, who for two decades had been living with relative freedom before the Taliban takeover last August -- when U.S. and other foreign forces withdrew in the chaotic end to a 20-year war.
A woman wearing a burka walks through a bird market as she holds her child, in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 8, 2022. Arooza was furious and afraid, keeping her eyes open for Taliban on patrol as she and a friend shopped Sunday in Kabul's Macroyan neighbourhood.
It was a major blow to the rights of women in Afghanistan, who for two decades had been living with relative freedom before the Taliban takeover last August -- when U.S. and other foreign forces withdrew in the chaotic end to a 20-year war. The Taliban have been divided between pragmatists and hardliners, as they struggle to transition from an insurgency to a governing body. Meanwhile, their government has been dealing with a worsening economic crisis. And Taliban efforts to win recognition and aid from Western nations have floundered, largely because they have not formed a more representative government, and restricted the rights of girls and women.
"For that reason, the elders have decided to put up with each other, including when it comes to non-agreeable decisions which are costing them a lot of uproar inside Afghanistan and internationally," Farhadi added.
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